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Rukhsar Ahmed wins PoK assembly seat while on bail in UK case
ABP Live reported that Rukhsar Ahmed, a former Pakistani state minister, was taken into custody in the United Kingdom on 18 July 2024 on allegations of raping and trafficking vulnerable girls in…
ABP Live reported that Rukhsar Ahmed, a former Pakistani state minister, was taken into custody in the United Kingdom on 18 July 2024 on allegations of raping and trafficking vulnerable girls in Manchester back in the 1990s, several women are said to have accused him of abusing children then in care. Police bail followed his arrest, with conditions requiring him to check in with Greater Manchester Police inside six weeks. None of that stopped his re-election to the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir assembly on a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz ticket. A judge, per the same report, chose not to impose any travel restrictions, and he missed a bail appointment, citing illness, while images placed him on the campaign trail in Mirpur. Missing the reporting deadline altogether carries the risk of arrest or extradition.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Ahmed's re-election and his reported campaigning while on bail sit alongside allegations that remain under investigation rather than proven in court, and the available record does not explain the judge's decision to withhold travel restrictions. A missed bail appointment attributed to illness, set against images of campaign appearances in Mirpur, raises a question of compliance separate from the underlying case against him. None of this establishes guilt or innocence on the original allegations. Whether Ahmed reports to Greater Manchester Police inside the six-week window set at his release is the condition still outstanding.
Source: news.abplive.com
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